Too soon to say if Liverpool in title race - Arne Slot

Liverpool boss Arne Slot feels his side's early ascent to the top of the Premier League is not a "realistic view" of the table.

Life after Jurgen Klopp is not turning out to be too bad as the Reds climbed to the summit after goals from Ibrahima Konate and Mohamed Salah earned a 2-1 win at Wolves – their fifth victory in six league games.

Defeat at home to Nottingham Forest a fortnight ago remains their only blip as they have also won in the Champions League and Carabao Cup in a promising beginning to Slot's reign.

It is early days, but the evidence suggests they have the capacity to challenge for the title alongside Manchester City and Arsenal.

The Dutchman is calling for calm and says the table will not properly shape up until halfway through the campaign.

"Everyone is realistic enough, all the players they understand that six games into the season doesn’t give you a realistic view on the league table," Slot said.

"That is more like 19 games that you can feel, 'Right, where are we?’.

"But it helps if you get some good results, especially if you bring in a new manager and being a successor of such a successful one.

"Everybody understands that if we’d have lost four or five of these first six fixtures life would have been a bit different to how it is now."

Slot added there are tougher days ahead, referencing Wolves’ tricky early-season fixtures.

"We still have to prove that if we come across Arsenal, Newcastle, Chelsea and Aston Villa if we can still be up there, with Champions League games included as well," he said.

"I don’t think it’s necessary for me to convince the players for the challenges we still face.

"To play in the Champions League and then play Arsenal and Aston Villa and all the top teams we are going to face after the